Comprehension 161712 1. Mark these statements as true (T) or false (F).
1. The speaker wants to become a hibiscus
2. When his mother calls out to him, the speaker wants to keep quiet
3. His mother walks to the court to say her prayers after breakfast.
4. The speaker's mother reads the Ramayana after dinner
5. In the evening, the speaker's mother goes to the cowshed.​

first of all the mood needs to be defined: it is obviously a mood of deceitful relief and serenity. why? because the cape horn is one of the most violent maritime regions of earth and although it has been left behind, it is a personification of ahab’s delirium and the fact that the end of the passage speaks about it about being “hidden” but “raving” immediately conveys the feeling the calm is not permanent but fleeting.

furthermore, the oxymoron “mild stun'sails” is the first instance of such feeling as the adjective “mild” is associated with “stunned” underscoring the fleeting nature of this “tranquil” moment. and the contrasts keep piling up, with the opposition between “dark den” and “blessed light and air” to end with the final conclusion that leaves the reader with the uneasy knowledge that this is just a reprieve.

all are correct because they are all the same